Topic: Kubernetes - Page 2

While AWS offers EKS, their own Kubernetes product, getting up and running can be a little involved compared to other providers such as GKE, AKS or Digital Ocean. This post walks through the steps required to get up and running.

This post outlines a series of posts that I'm setting out to write about creating a business orientated Kubernetes cluster on AWS EKS.

A final overview of the finished project building a home data center from 2nd hand enterprise equipment.

While building a really powerful Kubernetes cluster is useful, I decided to add further utility to the project by using VMware's vSphere ESXi on one of the servers to allow for virtualization of other operating systems.

With Github Actions and Package Registry, you can now build almost an entire CI/CD chain without using other services

A number of ports didn't work on the Force10 switch when initially using it as a standard switch. This was likely due to having special settings based on the previous installation while also having credentials for access via the console port. This post describes getting access to the switch, wiping the settings and setting it up for the given project.

The next step in building a home data center: adding a server to handle storage. For this purpose I picked up a 36 HDD bay, 4 unit rack-mount Isilon / EMC X400 chassis with a Supermicro X8 series motherboard. Fun ensues getting this part of the project working!!

After completing my previous project of building a Kubernetes cluster using old computers, I decided to take the next logical step and use real data center hardware to build a Kubernetes cluster at home within a budget of $3000. This is the first of a series of posts describing the build.